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March rains fill vernal pools — those temporary bodies in which amphibians breed in spring.

On Friday night, visitors to Dawes Arboretum in Newark are invited to hike to the Cypress Swamp
to look for three species of mole salamanders, which probably will have been lured by warm weather
to the pool for their annual mating rituals.

Mole salamanders at Dawes include the spotted, Jefferson and small-mouth, the biggest of which
can be 6 to 7 inches long.

Participants should meet at the visitor center at 7:30 p.m. for the two-hour event, which will
begin with a presentation indoors.